The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-06-11
Maryland Affairs.

hundred and sixty-s births were recorded IN
Baltimore last week.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars II, oonds Oh
dorchester county were so'u ou iuesuhs at d
premium OF S!,9oO.5i.
The tax-rate for Frederick has been fixed
nj So cents on the Sl00-a decrease of seven
cents on the levy of last year.
Mr.. Henry Bayley, of Baltimore, better
known as Father Bayley, the famous Mission
airy to the poor, died on Wednesday morning
in his S7th year.
William Lindsay, lumber dealer at Ches.
apeake City, Cecil county, and a member of
the Legislature III 1867. died at his home last
Saturday, aged G7 years.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hemsley, widow of Alex
ander Hemsley, of Talbot county, died at
her residence, IN Phlladelphia, wednesday
afternoon, IN her 92d year.
The internal revenue collections in the
district of Maryland for the months of April
and May exceed those of the same months
last year by nearly slS7, 900.
A tobacco house near Urbana, Frederick
county, the property of Mr.. VIM. j. Kindley,
was destroyed by fire on Monday. Five hogs.
heads of tobacco were also consumed.
Judges Robinson, Miller, Stone and BRYAN
are at Annapolis, preparing opinions in cases
to be decided by the Court of Appeals at the
consultation to be held on the 2lst inst.
Over 1000 immigrants arrived at Baltimore
last Saturday. from Bremen. on the steamer
Koln. Four children and one adult died on
the massage. and there were forty cases of
measles.
Judge Oliver SNYDER, of the Orphans Court
of Washington county, died at his residence.
in Funkstown, Tuesday afternoon. after a
brief illness of pneumonia. aged about sixty
FIVE veors
T., v;ar of ,ha raoon, dao,b of Mo.har
Ennbemia. the Snner;or of Mt ST, Josenbis
Academy. Emmitsbure. it is understood that
mo commencement exercises will he held a
that institution this wear. : (.
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Inc prom6itionists Of Carollne county Y
qnder tne leadership Oh vice rresldeht Y. u!
Jarrell, nave Organized anu are mahlng an
hean Srart;sed 70 he beId D. ali he
no;nts - 49, 49, - $50
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PRESIDENT ho 1 anu oniel Englnser mat
news, ol tne western Mnryianu ha "a /,
maze WISH OF inspection IN last weeh tnrougn
tne western secelon Oh rreaerlek county Ior
sne P1i Poss' IL 70 tnousu., 1i
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Inc parn OF heuDen omaIwoou, ~ ths
sixth distrIct OF howard county, was burned
last saturday hgnt. IN .ne sneas auJolning
were large quantity OF farming implements,
Two steam threshcrs, Dnggies ana quantity
OF hay ana straw, all OF which were cohsum'
ed.
During the heignt OF the season last week,
IN one DAY 100 earioqas OF stra Nv went
over the rails Oh me delaware Mallroao from no
oranehes anu poInts oeio" Saay'on1 ms
aPproAi"ia'es 'ne ia'sSst e'i""on'iy neisnS
Ing ever uone on Tue Deiaware hoau Ill one
day, which was Zoo carloads two years ago.
The graves of the Confederate dead in Mt:
olivet Cemetery, Frederick, were decorated
WIN mowers thursday ailernooh, unuer Tue
auspices r OF tne Confederate memorial Assoel.
auoh. Inc cereihony was Pars,cipa'en III ~
a number OF ladies'. Col. IL. victor baugi;
man, president OF the ASSOCIATION, delivered
bret address.
Benjamin Vanhorn, aged about IS years,
fell from the second story window of his resi-.
dence, on the old Court road, near Rider s
Switch, Northern Central Railway, on Sunday
morning, 9TH inst, and injured himself so
severely that he died from the effects of the
fall. lie had been IN feeble health Tor two OF
lhree years past
Messrs, w. Stewart Symington and Thos.
A. Symington, trading as Symington Bros. &
Co., proprietors of the Patapsco Chemical
Works, Locust Point, made deed of trust
for the benefit of creditors on Saturday to Mr..
John Gill, who gave bond as trustee for $780,
600. This would indicate assets CT half that
amount, or $4,000
The work of rebuilding Salisbury is well
nnder wav. Bv the close of the building sea.
son This wear nearly all of the central norton
of the town will be rebuilt. In place of the
old frame structures in which Salisbury IS
commercial enterprises were conducted prior
to October II, 1886, handsome new brick
and stone house are now being erected.
The Mechanicstown Water Company has
notified its stockholders of an assessment OF
So per share, payable by June 15 The capi;
tai stock of the company consists of Loco
shares at $40 per share. The water will be
conducted from High run, a mountain stream
about II miles from Mechanicstown, insuring
an ample supply OF pure water for use IN the
town and the Western Maryland Railroad al
this point. The company will be able to
realize six per cent. on the investment as soon
as the works are completed, and the town will
possess a safeguard against fire.
The farm laborers employed by Lewis Nc.
Murray, the Gamer, near Frederick, struck
on Thursday for an increase in wages from
81. Is to SIPS per day. About forty of them
quit work and marched to the residence Of
one of Mr.. McMurray's foremen and demand
ed an increase of wages. Meeting with a re-
| fusal they countermarched to the fields, un-
hitched the horses from the pows and COM
PEELED the hands who desired to continue al
work to stop. Mr.. McMurray has more than
two thousand acres of corn under cultivation
and cessation of work at this time is serious
matter.